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Return to Naval History and Heritage Command homepage A bay on the western side of the Alexander Archipelago. The name has had a variety of spellings: Bucarelli, Buccarelli, or Bukareli, and the body of water has been called a bay, a gulf, a harbor, a port, and a sound.
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Bucareli Bay (ACV-61)--a Casablanca-class auxiliary aircraft carrier laid down on 15 January 1943 at Vancouver, Wash., by the Kaiser Co.--was renamed Manila Bay (q.v.) on 3 April 1943 before her launching.
Robert J. Cressman
25 November 2005